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marriage:

The noun marriage has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (26) marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock -- (the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union")
2. (10) marriage, married couple, man and wife -- (two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love")
3. (2) marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony -- (the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel")
4. marriage -- (a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas")

ceremony:

The noun ceremony has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (9) ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance -- (a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor")
2. (4) ceremony -- (any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony")
3. (2) ceremony -- (the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony")

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